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Urho Castrén

1886 - 1965

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Urho Jonas Castrén (30 December 1886, in Jyväskylä – 8 March 1965, in Helsinki) was a judge, serving for 27 years as the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland. During the constitutional crisis of 1944, Castrén, representing the National Coalition Party, became Prime Minister of Finland briefly. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urho Castrén is the 14,661st most popular politician (up from 15,188th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Finland (up from 318th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Finnish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Urho Castrén ranks 14,661 out of 19,576Before him are Pedro Diniz, Charles-Mathias Simons, Mart Helme, Takako Doi, William M. Evarts, and Magnús Guðmundsson. After him are John Negroponte, Joseph Nérette, John Julius Norwich, Julius Chan, Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, and Enlil-bani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Urho Castrén ranks 234Before him are Eugene Burton Ely, Mihri Müşfik Hanım, Ricardo Güiraldes, John Eke, Źmitrok Biadula, and Boris Grigoriev. After him are Pranas Dovydaitis, Tomás Romero Pereira, Arthur Russell, Maithili Sharan Gupt, May Sutton, and Sakutarō Hagiwara. Among people deceased in 1965, Urho Castrén ranks 152Before him are Joaquín Vázquez, Aimée Antoinette Camus, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, John Miller, František Langer, and Eleanor Farjeon. After him are Pietro Bianchi, Edgar Barth, Eetje Sol, Renzo Minoli, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, and Alan Freed.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Urho Castrén ranks 290 out of 751Before him are Pertti Karppinen (1953), Christina Abrahamsdotter (1432), Keijo Liinamaa (1929), Hugo Gyldén (1841), Rainer von Fieandt (1890), and Sulo Bärlund (1910). After him are Ville Pörhölä (1897), Antero Kivi (1904), Pekka Vasala (1948), Rosa Liksom (1958), Kullervo Manner (1880), and Eino Kaila (1890).

Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Urho Castrén ranks 68Before him are Rudolf Walden (1878), Nils Torvalds (1945), Jyrki Katainen (1971), Johan Ehrnrooth (1833), Keijo Liinamaa (1929), and Rainer von Fieandt (1890). After him are Kullervo Manner (1880), Elisabeth Rehn (1935), Sakari Tuomioja (1911), Eevi Huttunen (1922), Oskari Tokoi (1873), and Paavo Väyrynen (1946).